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Reader, I Murdered Him
Gathers stories of female murderers, murder victims, and detectives by sixteen women mystery writers
- GenresShort StoriesCrime
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Published January 1, 1989
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Jen Green
559 books27 followersJen Green is a British author of over 300 non-fiction books for children and adults. She earned a doctorate in English literature from Sussex University and became a full-time writer after a career in publishing. She lives near the Sussex Downs.
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February 6, 2022
Another book I remembered from my ´80s Women's Press crime obsession, this is a pretty good collection of short crime stories by women, mainly though not all on the theme of murder. Most of the stories are original to this collection.
There are some well known authors here - Sara Paretsky, Margaret Yorke and Amanda Cross all feature - as well as others rarely heard of before or since. The standard is generally very high - I couldn't honestly say there was a dud among them, although some are obviously more lightweight than others. (Standing Witness by Rebecca O'Rourke dragged a bit.) There's also a story - A Wife in a Million - by Val McDermid, much less well known then than she is now, as she'd only published one novel at the time.
Some I remembered pretty well (Diane Biondo's Something to Cry About stuck in my mind) and others barely at all (Abby Bardi's excellent Death by Water). Some of the standouts include the Abby Bardi story, Margaret Yorke's The Liberator, and Anne Stanesby's Non-Custodial Sentence. (Stanesby is or was a solicitor and this is, as far as I can tell, her only published fiction.) Overall, a very enjoyable read and an excellent collection of stories.
There are some well known authors here - Sara Paretsky, Margaret Yorke and Amanda Cross all feature - as well as others rarely heard of before or since. The standard is generally very high - I couldn't honestly say there was a dud among them, although some are obviously more lightweight than others. (Standing Witness by Rebecca O'Rourke dragged a bit.) There's also a story - A Wife in a Million - by Val McDermid, much less well known then than she is now, as she'd only published one novel at the time.
Some I remembered pretty well (Diane Biondo's Something to Cry About stuck in my mind) and others barely at all (Abby Bardi's excellent Death by Water). Some of the standouts include the Abby Bardi story, Margaret Yorke's The Liberator, and Anne Stanesby's Non-Custodial Sentence. (Stanesby is or was a solicitor and this is, as far as I can tell, her only published fiction.) Overall, a very enjoyable read and an excellent collection of stories.
September 3, 2018
Fun stories, gentle on the whole, possibly weighted too much on the side of women but after all it is published by the Women's Press. An enjoyable and light read.
November 11, 2018
Stories of vengeance, hate, romance and mystery. Good collection of shorts written by women.
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